Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
Israel
  
National Language
Germany
  
Israel
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
Danke
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
bitte
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Israel, Palestine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
Deutsch
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
allemand
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Western
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic